Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Oh Mr. Crosby,
Verse 1
(Yeah) Oh Mr. Crosby (Ask me son)
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All the orchestras are swinging it today
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Do you really think that
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swing is here to stay
Verse 2
Now Mr. Mercer (Yeah) oh Mr.
Mercer (I'm listening)
(You don't say)
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in that same abandoned way
Verse 3
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No, on the down beat Mr. M.
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Verse 4
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Oh Mr. Crosby,
(uh huh) now Mr. Crosby
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(So happy to oblige)
I've been reading in the
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latest magazine (Yes)
Will you tell me what that
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language really means
Verse 5
Mercer
(Tell me, tell me tell me)
As a student of the slang they
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use pro tem (Pro what?)
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That just means a solid gait cuts
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a murderisitc plate
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That's
Verse 6
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M.
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Oh Mr. Crosby,
Verse 7
dear Doctor Crosby
Is it true that swing's an
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other name for jazz
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And the southern Negro gave it all it had
Verse 8
Mr. Mercer, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Mercer.
(Are you positive?)
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Yes they just slowed the tempo down,
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And then they really went to town
Verse 9
Alligators Mr. M
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Oh!
Verse 10
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Mr. Mercer,
(Yeah) Mr. Mercer (uh huh)
Well I trust that I have
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(It's really too clear)
So if someone plays a thing
You're gonna understand the swing
Verse 11
to you)
No Mr. Crosby,
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I'm afraid that type of rhythm's not for me
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A La Schubert Serenade
Verse 12
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Sorta Lombardo Mr. C.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F#dim F G D...
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